Hose-coupling



(No Model.)

M. CONNOR.

HOSE GOUPLING' No. 435,800. Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILES CONNOR, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

HOSE-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,800, dated September 2, 1890. Application filed June 6, 1890. Serial No. 354,42'L (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILEs CONNOR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Couplings for Hose or ater Plugs and for other Purposes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object certain new and useful improvements in pipe-couplings, whereby two pipes may be almost instantly coupled and uncoupled, as desired, with great efliciency and durability, as will more fully appear from the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention in a coupled position, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of niyinvention in an uncoupled position.

In the embodimcntof my invention Iemploy a section or joint A, composed of internally and externally screw-threaded ends a and a, the externally-screw-threaded end a being designed to engage a corresponding screwthreaded sleeve of, secured to the pipe or hose B. The internallyscrew-threaded end or sleeve a is composed of two parts I) and Z), hinged together at c to allow the two parts or halves to be swung apart.

The part I) of the sleeve to has cast integral therewith handle (1,

having a slot (1 atits inner end, through which a spring e, having a shoulder or head e on the end thereof, is projected, the shoulder a eugaging the opposite side of the end of, the slotd, thus holding the two parts or sections 1) b of the sleeve a securely together. From this construction it will be seen that by swinging the sections or parts I) b of the sleeve a apart and then closing them about an externallythreaded sleeve a' the coupling of the pipes or hose may be readily and efficiently efiected.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The pipe-coupling consisting of the section having the internally and externally screwthreaded ends, said internally-threaded end consisting of two sections hinged together, one of said sections having a springeatch secured thereto, the other section carrying a slotted handle, the slot in said handle being engaged by said spring-catch, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILES CONNOR. itnesses;

JOHN G. KNEBET, A. G. HOLLAND. 

